Naruto meets Kyuubi and is revealed secrets that were previously hidden to him. Now he must fulfuil his destiny filled with many secrets, faces his ennemies, deal with his life & save his friends. Will he accomplish what he was destined to be? [NaruOC]

Disclaimer: Naruto is a
product of Masashi Kishimoto, so I don't own him.
Legend: "": quote,
"italic": thought, italic: Japanese word, ():
translation/explication, underline: techniques (check the end
for invented techniques).

Chapter
7: Major Pain

The
day began as usual for Uzumaki Naruto that is waking up at 6:30 AM
while having a dream about his mysterious admirer. This time however,
it was the alarm clock that woke him and not the dream, which he was
starting to appreciate more now that he is in Konoha. He figured it
was because to him the village was already a living hell. With all he
had to endure over these years, one could easily see it as an
invisible prison for him and it was in some ways.

Then
again it may also be because of Mitarashi Anko. After the kinky
stories she told Sakura and him yesterday about her romantic life, he
was just glad he didn't have a nightmare on those. They were pretty
embarrassed about the 'sex' subject to begin with being still
virgins and she just had to add about how some sex partners including
herself loved sodomy. Not to mention adding her sex story with
Kakashi as an example. This affected both teens profoundly, who were
now seriously afraid of sex. The adding of Kakashi also made the
nightmare worst, not because it was her most disgusting story but
because he was the victim they knew the most. After the little
incident both hoped and wished that they wouldn't encounter either
for them for at least a week. Just their faces could remind them of
their adventure.

Another
reason why Naruto appreciated his dream was because it kept his mind
of his upcoming task, the leader of ANBU division Alpha. One he felt
he wasn't ready for and got boxed in by Tsunade. He had to thank
her for that one of these days. Sure she was right about his
experience with Orochimaru's henchmen and his wide network of
connections and knowledge of the outside world, but he was still most
likely the youngest member. Not to mention that these were probably
the same people who would have loved to slaughter him two years ago
if he made the slightest miscalculations. They still probably do
today, they are from Konoha after all and it's deadliest shadowy
assassins. So he was in the lion's den with the task to tame the
lions and turn them into his kitties. If that didn't make worst
there were plenty more. He was a lone wolf and this would be his
first leadership job. Sure he was somewhat the leader of team 7 in
the chuunin exams but this was a whole new ball game. He didn't
even know how to act around them. Should he be mellow, funny best
friend protector or should he be a hard ass that puts the fear of god
in their hearts? He probably will have to do both and while he keeps
his identity hidden from his enemies. Either way with this
responsibility and his personal problems: Akatsuki, rescuing Sasuke
and ripping Orochimaru into pieces, he was assured of long and
painful years ahead.

His
first task of the day was to get his ANBU equipment and since Kyuubi
was still sleeping he figured he would go and do it right away. At
least that way, he would avoid suspicious crowds since barely anyone
visits shop at 7:00 AM in the morning. Of course he also wanted to
get this task finished as fast as possible since he didn't like
shopping in Konoha. It was a good time for his haters to punish him
economically. If there was a law of supply and demand and price
equality it certainly didn't exist in Konoha when it came to him.
When he was young they would not only overprice the merchandise but
also limit him to their unwanted products. They call it 'the demon
tax'.

Of
course given that the ANBU armory was exclusive, it required special
permission from Hokage to simply access the location. But it was
still owned by a merchant and he really didn't have faith in them.
The owner, Yori, a former ANBU now blacksmith, was just as he
expected: like the rest of them.

"Ah
so now she decided to make the demon an ANBU now huh? Well I suppose
it is the right place for a monster like you. To think the good times
we had the last two years when you weren't around… now even my
fond memories in the ANBU is going to be tarnished," he spat out on
Naruto's face with the usual glare.

"Thanks for the
compliments old man, but I really don't have time for them. So why
don't we both make a deal? Since we obviously don't like each
other, how about we keep this chat to the minimum? Also since we
obviously don't wish to see each other faces again, how about you
give me your best available equipments? I will even pay double 'demon
tax' rate for the service," spat back Naruto.

"Oh
you got some sharp tongue now huh? Well I guess it's a fair trade,
besides it's not like I can refuse a direct order from the Hokage
and the extra money is always good for an oldie like me. So let's
start shall we? I want you out of here as soon as possible. You're
bad for business," slammed back Yori.

Within
thirty minutes all the necessary components were gathered. Yori was
an impressive blacksmith he had armors and weapons of every size and
shape, most of which were built by his own hands. The only thing he
didn't have were the masks which only Tsunade could hand those out.
The only thing he didn't take was the ANBU coats, as he had already
bought a plain black sleeveless trench coat with a hood for the job
before coming to Konoha. That wouldn't stop the old man from
arguing against him.

"That
is not sanctioned. All ANBU must look alike it is essential to keep
their identity hidden and what is that in your left arm? It looks
unique, you know you will have to take it off during mission right?"
argued Yori, as he noticed Amenonuhoko (heavenly spear).

"Sorry
but the new leader in my division allows a bit of diversity. As for
this it is my stringer it bites anyone who doesn't like it and it
can even pierce the strongest of armors. It is also sanctioned. I
guess the leader hates me and wants me to die faster I guess, oh well
can't do anything about that. So let's see, how much all these
items add up to with the double tax?" replied Naruto with a grin.

"Ah I see, well then
I guess you are in good hands. The amount is at it is written.
Although I did agree with your deal, I cannot follow up with the tax
part. I am an honest salesman and have been for over 20 years. I am
not going to break that now. Besides, you remind me of my former ANBU
division leader and if he believed that you were worth to be called a
hero, I guess I cannot ignore it so bluntly. It still doesn't mean
I like you tough," responded Yori, much to the surprise of Naruto.

"I don't like being
pitied old man. Just add the damn tax and spare me of your sympathy,"
replied Naruto.

"I
am not being compassionate it is the way I work. I have never taken
bonus and still won't take it today. If you want we can make
another deal to cover for that part. How about you make sure, you
don't get yourself killed? I wouldn't want the sacrifice of
Yondaime-sama to go in vain. Besides, you are probably what we need
against these current menaces. This forsaken war has already taken
too many of our young ones… Times like this I wish I could go
instead of young ones like you, but my damned body is too old for
such task. So instead I try to contribute my part by building you
guys the best armors and weapons I can. God I knew that snake was
trouble… he had an aura that made you feel he was going to create
chaos upon us. I have seen too many deaths and I wish to see no
more…" mumbled the old Yori.

"Don't
worry old man. You just keep building good equipments for our troops.
Leave that snake to me. I have a few old scores to settle too…
Trust me, when I get my hands on him, he is going to wish he was
never born in this world for messing with my precious people,"
replied Naruto with an icy cold glare, as he quietly took his leave.

"That
boy… he talks… just like him. Yondaime-sama could it be you were
right after all?" wondered Yori.

Upon
returning home, Naruto set on his next task. Now that Kyuubi was
awake, it was a good time for his morning drills, thus after eating
breakfast, both left for the waterfalls at Naruto's favorite
training location. After 3 hours of drills during which he also
cleaned up the place, they moved to his second personal task of the
day. This happens to be finding a large enough training ground to fit
50 ANBU and which suited his needs. Basically a place that offered
the terrains he had in the waterfalls. After an hour of survey he
decided this to be area 51, a secluded training ground which was
between the lower banks of the falls and the edge of the forest of
death. The place still needed a bit of remodeling which was completed
within an hour with the help Kaido (Earth Lump), the one
tailed earth fox, whom with his abilities added few mud ponds, water
ways and even a rocky field. Naruto was going to use these as
obstacles during training time. There were a few more things to add
such as target boards and traps, which he left for later to complete.Satisfied
of his little land demolition, Naruto treated Kyuubi and himself
lunch at their favorite restaurant the Ichiraku Ramen. Half an hour
later, during which he was caught talking about his explorations with
Ayame and riding the new edition of his favorite novel: Tenseika
no Densetsu (Tales of the Heavenly Sacred Fire), he was on his
way to his appointment with the Hokage, which was scheduled at 2:00
PM. He was still nervous of meeting his new mates but that took a
back seat when he spotted Anko heading his way. The reaction was
spontaneous that is he turned around and ran like a speeding bullet.
Unfortunately Anko had spotted him also and took chase.

She
was looking for him all day. When she had woken up from the spell,
she was still drowsy but realized that he had carried her home, as he
and Sakura stayed by her side till the spell effects were over, as he
didn't know if she had other side-effects to it. At the time she
was unable to thank him for the service but she also realized that
given she was an avid sleep talker about her sexual life there was a
great chance she scarred both her hosts with them. She vaguely
recalls seeing their faces all white. His run confirmed her fears and
now she was chasing him to apologies for the incident, thus the so
call chase began.

As Naruto was running
around town and displaying the villagers his great running skills,
Sakura who was on break from her hospital duties and had her head
stuck in a lovely romance novel was on his path. Both being
distracted neither saw the other till they collided into each other.

"Oww… You bastard
can't you watch where you are going? Oh it's you Naruto. I should
have expected it to be you. Only someone with your attitude would
bump into a woman like that. Hey, what the hell are you doing? Put me
down," yelled Sakura, as she found herself being picked up like a
damsel by Naruto, as he restarted his run.

"Saving you what
else," replied the teen, as he ran.

"Saving me from
what?" asked a confused Sakura.

"Look behind you will
understand," was his reply, which Sakura did.

"Oh
my god, it's HER! Run faster Naruto she is catching up! Can't you
run any faster?" yelled Sakura, at the sight of Mitarashi Anko.

"Look who is talking…
I would if you would accept to be dumped right now," replied
Naruto.

"Nah, this is much
more comfortable. Besides she is surely faster then me. So it's
much that you do all the running, while I do all the warning,"
replied Sakura with a smile, much to the despair of her partner.

This
chase lasted approximately an hour, during which the couple pranced
around the village like newly weds and thus became the new item of
the gossipers, who now considered them romantically link, much to the
chagrin of Ino and her newly created Uzumaki Naruto fan girls club.
After a while they finally lost sight of Anko, but the couple still
kept running as a precaution till they were stopped by an angry
blonde girl.

"Halt
you two! Naruto, how could you do this to me? I thought you said you
didn't like her. I had such great hopes for you. As for you missy,
how dare you steal another of Konoha's finest studs? You damn
Forehead Girl!" yelled Ino, who stopped the couple dead on track.

"What
the hell are you talking about Ino-pig? " yelled the confused
Sakura.

"I am talking about
you too going out with each other what else. You had Sasuke already
and now you're even taking Naruto. This is not fair! We girls have
dreams too you know?" exclaimed Ino.

"Erm…
there has been a misunderstanding here. We aren't dating, we are
running away from some one. Naruto tell her!" replied Sakura, to
which Naruto nodded in agreement.

"Ah that is fine
then, but still you should be waltzing around the village like that,
it breaks us girls' hearts and ruins your value. I even created a
fan club in your honor to boost the sales in our flower shop products
merchandising you. So don't let my investments down the drain,"
said Ino.

"Merchandising me?"
asked a confused Naruto.

"Yeah,
we are selling our new Naruto seduction product line. Like your
favorite flower, favorite perfume, favorite flavored lipstick. See
it's all going to be published in our magazine this month: Konoha's
Gossip. Here is an excerpt, as you can see all the information is
taken from a very competent informant. However, we can't
merchandize you if you're hanging with Miss Forehead here. It
diminishes your celebrity status," explained Ino, while she handed
Naruto an excerpt of the upcoming magazine.

"What's
so wrong if he walks with me? Besides you should be ashamed of
selling a friend to make money. Did you even ask his permission
first?" questioned Sakura.

"Who
said I am selling him? Since you said the other day you weren't
interested in him, I have made him my new love interest and given
that I am Konoha's best seductress, I can do this. I am just using
his current free status to get some added sales," said Ino with a
confident smile.

"Why you vixen. Do
you seriously think I am going to let you have him? Naruto did you
hear what she just said? Hey say something!" yelled Sakura, as she
noticed that he had his head stuck in the excerpt.

"Wow
it says my favorite flower is tulip… I didn't know I liked tulips
I thought it was white lily. I also didn't know my favorite perfume
was daffodil, I thought I liked lilies for their smell, so shouldn't
it be lily too? Hmm, how does she know the lipstick flavor I liked
was strawberry? I never kissed a girl yet, unless giving CPR to the
princess of Snow country, Koyuki-san, counted as one. But wait, I
used my kage bunshin (shadow clone) to do that so it shouldn't
count and she tasted like iris, but I guess I would prefer cherry.
It's my favorite fruit," openly thought Naruto while the two
girls listen to him.

"Damn,
I wear strawberry lipsticks… wouldn't it be funny if I actually
wore his favorite type. Wait what the hell am I saying?"
realized Sakura, who was about to pull her hair out for thinking like
Ino.

"Damn,
I am wearing daffodil perfume. No wonder he hasn't noticed me. Oh
well I better note these new information," thought Ino, who
began writing the details on her trusty notepad .

"This
whole excerpt about me is false. If I didn't know any better, I
would say these were Eros-sennin's preferences. After all, he did
say he was still in love with the old woman after all these years and
that's what she most likely wears. Still the nerves of that pervert
trying to sell my preferences to a gossiper like Ino. Even if these
are fake I still don't want crazy girls running after me, guess
it's time to teach him a lesson. Luckily he didn't say where I
live, so it shouldn't affect me much," grinned Naruto, who still
forgot that Ino and Sakura was near him.

"Erm,
Naruto you do realize that she is taking everything your saying in
note right? You've just self-promoted yourself," reminded him
Sakura, which caused Naruto's face to go blank.

"Shh!
Sakura don't tell him that. Naruto keep on talking, we are nothing
but a figment of your imagination. So you live where again?" hissed
Ino, who was still taking notes.

"Oh
shit, they were still here, nuh! Think Naruto, think. Must find a
way to counter this disaster. Damn where is that fox when I need
him," thought Naruto, as he scrambled ideas to solve this
self-created crisis.

"So
Naruto, how about a deal. You tell me some more gossips about
yourself, so I can use them to generate some profit and in return
I'll become your girlfriend. Think of all the advantages you can
have with me. Like making Sakura super jealous, for ignoring you all
these years for Sasuke. Having a protection against bad gossips.
Being the envy of all boys. Not to mention having a sweet loving wife
who can cook you some of the best desserts in the village," offered
Ino.

"Like he would want
you, Ino-pig. Naruto it is okay you don't have to panic. I'll
protect you from Ino and her crazy fan girls," said Sakura to
comfort him.

"Erm thanks but no
thanks both of you. By the way Ino, I am sorry to say this but I
can't be a merchandise for you. You see I already have a girlfriend
and I am very committed to her," lied Naruto, as he figured the
only solution he had was to take him self off the bachelor market.

"What that is a lie,
you just said before you never kissed a girl in the lips before,"
said Ino.

"Yeah
this most likely is a lie. If not describe her for us and tell us why
she isn't here with you?" joined in Sakura.

"Erm, well she has
long dark hair, blue eyes, pale skin, about my size and lives in
Kirigakure and the reason she isn't here is because she is a
kunochi over there," said Naruto out of his head.

"That's not
sufficient information Mister. Tell us her name and sizes,"
demanded Ino.

"Damn
it, now I got to think of a name for her. I know!" thought
Naruto.

"Her name is Kasumi
(remember Kasumi Mist, so he just called her that since he said she
was from Mist) and her sizes well that is disclosed information,"
said Naruto.

"A boyfriend who
doesn't know the size of his woman, is impossible in this day and
age mister. It's the first thing that comes into their mind.
Remember what Anko-san said yesterday about how men ran after her for
her sizes," reminded him nonchalantly Sakura.

"Speaking
of which what did I say yesterday that would make you guys run away
from me at first sight?" asked Anko who from appeared behind them
and rested her arms on Naruto and Sakura.

But
before she could turn her head towards Naruto, he had already
disappeared leaving only a faint yellow aura around his last
position. This left only Sakura who now had some explaining to do.

"Erm, Anko-san… ah
you said nothing really. We are just trying to play hide and seek
with you," said Sakura trying to cover up her lie with a fake
laugh.

"Hey
Sakura! Have you seen Naruto? Hokage-sama is getting impatient, she
said something about he had an appointment with her 30 minutes ago,"
said Kakashi who appeared near them.

"… Oh no! You're
here too? Ah the horrible images in my head. Get away you bunch of
nasty perverted sodomizing teachers! Naruto you bastard how could you
leave me like this," screamed Sakura who ran straight for the
Hospital to lock herself in the staff room, while leaving a confused
Kakashi and Ino.

"Don't ask it's a
long story… I guess I really did put bad thoughts in their mind.
During my sleep-talk," said Anko.

It
didn't take long for Kakashi to understand what Sakura meant after
hearing an Anko turned red in embarrassment. He just shook his head
and wondered how he was going to make up for this incident. Meanwhile
Ino was still confused what the story was between Naruto, Sakura,
Anko and Kakashi, but they were sure giving her plenty of materials
for her magazine. Satisfied of all the info she collected from this
meeting, she silently exited the scene and head back to her job at
the flower shop. She wondered if Naruto indeed have a girlfriend. She
couldn't blame him if he did, he was good looking after all, but
she was going to stick on his back till she had definitive proof that
he wasn't lying to her. Besides, if this 'Kasumi' did exist,
she was still in another village, so technically she could still use
Naruto to sell new merchandizes to his growing fan girls. He was
simply too lucrative to not bank on.

As
for Naruto, he was finally on his way to meet Tsunade. He was
somewhat thankful Anko presented herself, it allowed him a quick exit
with shunshin (body flicker) from some more lies that may
comeback and hunt him later on, as he just realized the description
he gave of this 'girlfriend' of his just happened to be of the
same one in his dreams. He felt sorry that he left Sakura behind but
she was a casualty of the war. Besides its not like Anko is going to
kill her or anything, but he probably will have to face one of her
tantrums in the near future. For the moment he had another woman to
worry about, so quickly headed for the administrative office. Kyuubi
was waiting for him at the door. Apparently the fox didn't feel
like playing the chase gave around the village, so he stationed
himself the place he knew Naruto would present himself once he
finished running around.

Both
entered the office without making any sound to not attract any more
attention, but their plan was ruined when they met a panicking
Shizune, who grabbed Naruto and rushed towards the office of her
boss. Kyuubi followed pursuit and nearly missed entering the room as
the door quickly closed behind them.

"There you are! Where
have you been? I knew having Kakashi as sensei would give you bad
habits. Why does all the top shinobis of this nation have to be
either lazy or unpunctual. I hope this is only a one time phenomena
and why is your dog in here?" yelled the fired up Hokage at Naruto,
as soon as he crossed the door.

"Who's
she calling a dog? Me? Why you overgrown busty hag, I'll teach you
who's the dog!" hissed the fox, as he was about to pounce on
her only to be stopped by Naruto.

"Calm
down boy, she didn't mean it. Erm, you shouldn't insult Youkou
like that. He doesn't like to be called that it's an insult to
their pride. I am sorry for being late, I was going to be here way
earlier but along the way I ran into a trouble named Mitarashi Anko.
So I had to zigzag my way here to avoid her," replied Naruto.

Tsunade
didn't know fox had a pride but she still didn't care much of it,
she had bigger fishes to fry. She asked the teen what was the reason
for his problem with Anko, but Naruto was in no mood to talk about
it. So he dismissed it quickly by telling her that it was about her
personal relationships she blurted out yesterday while sleep-talking
and that it wasn't a big deal as long as both he and Sakura didn't
see her for a week. Tsunade understood quickly that it probably had
something to do with Anko's rough style of loving and felt sorry
that her kids had to hear about it. Hopefully, they will forget it
soon enough and maybe this will get them close enough to actually
become a couple. After all she felt that would be the best solution
for both, in order to put the Sasuke ordeal behind them and it was
her favorite pairing for her 'son' note Tsunade considers Naruto
like a son, but Jiraiya's report indicated that it may take a
miracle for him to forget about attempting to rescue that Uchiha.

The
Hokage got lost in her thoughts till Naruto brought her back to
earth, as he noticed three ANBU figures sitting on the sofa. So she
presented them to him.

"This
is Yamazaki Aya, Matsura Takeshi and Akemichi Shuko.
All three are members of ANBU team 11, part of the Alpha division. As
you know you will be in command of Team 11 to 20, all of which are
under the same division. They will be helping you getting used to
your division. They will also escort you in that mission in Wave you
are thinking about. Jiraiya told me it was a pretty good lead to
trace and finally infiltrate Orochimaru's defenses. So it will be
your first mission once the division is ready for action in two
weeks," informed Tsunade, as they removed their mask to introduce
themselves.

"Guess
that old pervert really can't keep any secret from Tsunade, once
she starts swinging her boobs, can he?" reflected Kyuubi.

"Erm, are you certain
these people are safe enough to release such information on air like
that old woman? Especially these two, they sure don't look
comfortable having me around. By the way you wouldn't have seen my
dear sensei during the day have you? I got two presents I wanted to
offer him," asked Naruto, while pointing towards Aya and Takeshi.

"We
are perfectly legit for the job and unlike you we aren't
inexperienced on the field. It's a shame she is placing a novice
like you as the leader of one of the most honored ANBU divisions,"
replied Aya venomously.

"Have
we met somewhere? I don't know why but your voice sounds familiar
for some reason. Also, if I am so inexperienced then how come I am
the one who got the lead while you guys are still clueless about it?
Oups, did I just shut you up? Next time, don't open it unless you
have something constructive to add; backlashes are painful. By the
way shouldn't you be at least four members? Who am I missing? I
thought ANBU teams always consisted of five members," replied
Naruto with a grin.

"Calm down you two. I
am surprised you recalled of her Naruto. She was the ANBU you met two
years ago, when I had sent her to watch over Sakura. As for your last
question, this is the team that contained the former division leader
and well you know the rest," answered the Hokage.

"Ah,
no wonder I remember you! You're that annoying ANBU girl that
delayed my training progress by a week, because I had to keep a
constant eye on you to avoid mishaps. Did you improve your stealth
ability like I told you too? Man, you really like complicating my
life don't you old woman. First you give me a division that is low
in moral due to the loss of their former leader and now this annoying
lady is in it too," exclaimed Naruto.

"Glad to see we share
the same opinion. I also asked Tsunade-sama the same thing. Why is a
monster like you in charge of our division," backed a pissed
Takeshi.

"Ah you too? Good.
See old lady? They also think I am unfit for this position. So how
about you just give me what I want, a sweet little novice team and
let someone else take charge of these expert shinobis," contested
Naruto, as he once more tried to oppose Tsunade's decision about
his position.

His comment took all
three members off guard, especially Takeshi and Aya who were
expecting him to defend his nomination.

"Naruto
resistance is futile. I won't go back on my words. I have already
told you yesterday, why you are given this title so stop trying to
escape it. I also recall solving this problem this problem with the
rest of you. Don't make me repeat myself you won't like it, when
I do. Now on to business, since there is two members missing, usually
it is the job of the division leader to replace them with recruits
from the reserve by nice you're new at it and already in a
unfamiliar territory I am transferring Neji and Shino into the
division they will be..." ordered a serious Tsunade.

"Erm, since it is my
choice, I will take Lee from the reserve instead of Shino. You can
keep the creepy bug man," interrupted Naruto.

"What?
What kind of a leader would select a reserve over a veteran member. I
suggest you reconsider from this novice decision, Captain Tsuba
would never make such mistakes," voiced Aya.

"Damn
sis, do you always have to contest everything I say. The guy is
annoying and stoic. He can't even take a joke. Trust me, we'll be
better without him. As for your last comment, note that I am not your
former leader. He is dead let him rest in peace. I run things
differently. Got that sis?" replied Naruto in a nonchalant voice.

"Why you… Who gave
you the permission to call you me your sister and how dare you insult
Captain Tsuba!" yelled an angry Aya who had to be held by Shuko to
prevent her from jumping on Naruto.

"Calm
down you too. I don't have all day to waste on you, so go have your
quarrels elsewhere. Naruto your request is granted," yelled
Tsunade.

"Whatever, that is
enough for Team 11, please leave us and wait for your leader in the
meeting room. Naruto sit down, we got some important matters to
discuss. Shizune please let in our next guest," ordered Tsunade.

As
Team 11 departed, the Hokage handed Naruto the files of the members
under his charge. It was a big pack, enough to give Naruto a headache
as he had to review them by tomorrow to know his troops better. A
minute later another man entered the room and bowed to the Hokage. He
was in his full ANBU attire and was ordered to sit next to him.

"Meet
Kojiro (Yamato of Part 2). He is the leader of ANBU Beta
division and in charge of internal affairs. He will familiarize with
the ANBU administrative section. Oh before I forget here is your
mask. It's the fox just the way you like it," announced Tsunade,
as she handed the fox mask to Naruto.

"It
is an honor to finally meet you Uzumaki Naruto. Or should I say
Naruto-kun. I have heard great things about you," said Kojiro as he
removed his mask.

"The
honor is on me Kojiro-san. Please don't believe on all the
compliments she gives me, she tends to exaggerate my abilities a bit
too much. Give me a second, I will quickly change into the uniform as
well. Then we can get this tour going," said Naruto who changed in
a blink of an eye.

"How
nice, you're both friends already… Now get out of my office! Wait
Naruto, you want to revert back to your usual uniform or else some
may recognize you in your ANBU attire given that you entered without
it," reminded Tsunade.

"Thanks
mom, I forgot I was still a kid that needed to be told what to do,"
replied Naruto sarcastically, as he summoned a kage bunshin
(shadow clone).

He
then had it transformed to his normal outfit via henge
(transformation) and then sent Kyuubi along to exit the establishment
giving everyone the impression that he had exited the building, while
he and Kojiro then headed to their office a short while later,
dressed in their ANBU uniforms.

"I guess Jiraiya was
right when he said he had gotten a lot smarter, but he is a pawn in
my hand though. I can't wait to see his facial expression when he
realizes how many responsibilities I have put on his shoulders,"
smirks a mischievous Tsunade, who went back to her usual job that is
signing more papers.

Unfortunately
for her, it didn't take long for Naruto to reappear in front of her
fuming like a volcano. Apparently, Kojiro spoiled the fun by
revealing to him that the files that he had on his hands were of all
ANBU members and not only those of the Alpha division. This meant
that he is the overall leader of all ANBU, a little fact Tsunade
didn't mention to him. Thanks to his assistance Kojiro got to
experience of why Naruto is nicknamed Konoha no Kokuei Senkou,
as he found himself grabbed by the boy and within a second in front
of Tsunade.

"You
really like to go overboard in favors don't you old woman? In
charge of a whole ANBU division is one thing, but the whole ANBU?
What the hell were you thinking to make such a dumb decision.? You
want a 15 year old who wasn't even in the group to start leading
250 members, most of whom probably have three times the field
experience he has and not to mention almost all older then him,"
barked the angry Naruto.

"Calm down, you're
getting worried for nothing. This is just a part time job. In fact
it's a new one. I just want to act like a messenger between me and
the rest of the ANBU staff, so that I don't have to see each of
them on at a time. You're not responsible for the members under the
other divisions apart your own," calmly explained Tsunade.

"Oh really? If that
is so then how come you're passing me all their files along?"
asked the furious and inquisitive Naruto.

"Well as I recalled
one of the responsibilities you have was to up the security and
sniffing out traitors is part of that," responded Tsunade with a
smile, as she felt she was getting her back slammed to the wall.

"I thought sniffing
out traitors was Kojiro-san's job. He is the head of internal
securities isn't he? Not to mention your response would have been
much better if you hadn't added this paper? Do you wish me to read
all the responsibilities you put me in command of Madame the Hokage?
Looks like the cat has finally caught your tongue. Who did you think
I was, Jiraiya? I don't do jobs for future dates like him," asked
Naruto who was laying the hits on her.

"Well I was hoping
you would at least as compliant as him, but again your just in charge
of reporting most of them. It's not like you can't do them or
anything," said quietly Tsunade.

"Oh
of course I can. I mean building a defense network for Konoha,
forming strategies for war, improving the security, collecting
information from foreign sources and forming a new training guide for
the ANBU are all easy jobs to do at the same time. What the hell do I
look like a freaking machine? You know very well that there are far
more capable people for this job of yours, like Kojiro here. He has
the experience and maturity for the job. Actually, wait there isn't
any, no body would be capable of doing all these tasks
simultaneously, unless they become a desk junky like you," shot
back Naruto in a sarcastic tone.

"Actually Naruto-kun,
you can. Hokage-sama had asked me for this job before you and she
even asked a few others including Kakashi-sempai and Jiraiya-sama,
but we all rejected the offer. Me personally it was because I am
already seeing my field hours decreased with this internal
investigation…" tried to explain Kojiro.

"So you decided to
shove it in my face is it? You all bailed out and made me the escape
goat, just typical of you," interrupted Naruto.

"Erm
don't take it the wrong way, but in reality you are a machine
compared to all of us. You have an amazing stamina that none of us
can compare too…" said Kojiro hesitantly.

"What
he means is that unlike us, you have the chakra to multi-task without
depleting yourself and thus still remain on the field while
performing them on your off-hours. You can hold your kage bunshin
longer then any of us and you already know how to coordinate them to
your advantages," added Tsunade, which made Naruto laugh.

"You guys are really
too much. The way you talk it is as if, I can leave a clone behind
while going on a mission. A feat that is impossible or conceivable
for even someone like me. I don't know what that pervert told you,
but you are really expecting way too much out of me," laughed
Naruto.

"That's
not what I am asking you to do. Naruto, your job is simply to monitor
these responsibilities and report their progress to me. Sure you will
have some part to play in each of them but you'll have all the
necessary staff under you to do the labor. You're kind of like the
project manager. Another reason we put you in this position is
because you're the most mobile shinobi in Konoha. You can complete
your mission the quickest as you know how to use the hiraishin
(thunder god), unlike the rest of us you virtually have no transition
time. Okay maybe on your way there but certainly not during the
return trip. Trust me, I wouldn't tax you if I didn't know you
couldn't do it. It's like this I am Tokugawa Ieyasu and you're
my Hattori Hanzo," clarified the Hokage with a joke in the end.

"Hmm, so I get to
name a council of my own then. One that will support me in completing
these tasks?" asked Naruto.

"Erm, council
wouldn't be the best word for it, you wouldn't want one with the
one I have to live with already. More like you get to choose people
who will work under you for these specific demands," said Tsunade
recalling how she wants to kill Danzou and have the two elders as her
feet massager for a year.

"Sorry,
but I have no intention of having your useless oldies in it. In fact
it will be one whose existence will only be known by those who are in
it. Their job will be to act as the project managers while I take
over the director's position as your informant. That way I won't
have run around thirty different places and it keeps my identity even
more secret, as no one, apart these members will know who really is
in change. Think of it as an additional level of for your corporate
hierarchy system. Deal?" asked the teen.

"Well I guess, if you
can convince these selected members to join you," mumbled Tsunade.

"So
as Hattori Hanzo, I command that the following member should be added
for this council. Kojiro-san here will be second in command of all
ANBU. Basically, the two of us will share the job as leadership of
ANBU. He will take care of the internal affairs, I will take care of
the external affairs. Don't worry Kojiro-san I'll do most of the
paper works, you'll be just replacing me when I am in mission. Then
there is that bastard of a teacher of mine Jiraiya who will be in
charge of external information network. Basically, all info that
isn't collected by the ANBU itself. We will also create a defense
force, which will be part of ANBU but only act as our defensive
coordinators and set up defenses. This task will be lead by Hatake
Kakashi. That's right boys, if I am going to throw myself at the
lava pit I am taking you with me," said Naruto with an evil grin.

"I guess that is an
acceptable solution, but are you use you can get both Jiraiya-sama
and Kakashi-sempai to agree for these jobs? But wait, wouldn't that
leave a spot open? Unless you wish to take over the strategist
section as well," asked Kojiro.

"Actually
the strategist section will be under Kakashi-san. I know a 'deer'
just perfect for the job. The one that we will be lacking is an
emergency relief system that will store emergency supplies as well as
take care of casualties. A job that should be headed by a medic and
since the Hokage is one and she already takes care of such things not
to mention it isn't as suspicious for our foes to feel troubled as
it is a common thing to do, she should take care of it herself. As
for how to get them to join us, don't worry they owe me plenty of
favors already and I am very persuasive," said Naruto with a
glitter in his eyes.

"Hmm,
okay your plan is convincing enough so I will accept it. I will
approve it as soon as all the members have agreed to it. I am very
impressed with you Naruto. You may not be my son, but you sure do
share some of my qualities. I am guessing your going to use the guilt
sentiment to force them to accept like I did it to you. You sure
learn fast. Heh that Danzou won't know what is really coming for
him. I will show him who's the real boss here," said the
mischievous Hokage with evil intentions that even scared Naruto off.

With their ideas
approved, both men quickly exited the office. Their Hokage's
intentions about Danzou and Orochimaru were simply too creepy for
both of them. In fact, to Naruto it paled compared to what Anko may
come up in her pleasure games. Danzou would most likely get a worst
fate then being sodomized by leather strapped Tsunade. Kojiro agreed
with him, he even added that now he understood why Kakashi told him
that both of them worked well together and gave the impression of a
mother and her son. He knew how to turn her ideas even more creepier
then she could think. Naruto of course corrected him saying that she
was creepier even before she met him.

Then
he proceeded to give him his first even command of his new position.
That is that all ANBU will now refer themselves by codenames selected
by their division leaders whenever they are in uniforms. Thus from
now on Naruto would be known as 'Shadow Fox', while Kojiro
will be 'Ancient Wood'. Then after their tour, Naruto bid
Kojiro good bye and proceeded to the meeting room for ANBU division
Alpha, where Aya, Takeshi and Shuko were waiting for him.

The
three members hadn't talked much since their encounter with their
new leader, each were pretty much stuck in their own worlds. Aya in
her reflection about Captain Tsuba, the family she lost and the
monster she must endure. Takeshi, 18, also reflected about his lost
family. He had also lost them at the hands of the Kyuubi. He had an
elder brother who had survived the massacre but died in the
Sand-Sound invasion nearly three years ago. So he had a very vengeful
personality. Shuko on the other hand was the peace-lover of the team.
He was also the oldest, at the age of 26. He was much more worried
about food then anything, he didn't know how to reflect on their
new leader. He knew his connection to Kyuubi, but he was one of those
who were followers of not dueling on the past. Besides, it wasn't
like it was exactly Naruto who killed all those people, he was a baby
back then.

When
Naruto first entered the room, all three members took him as an
intruder that is till he had removed his mask. He then sat down and
flipped through their files, as the group remained silent waiting for
his word. After thirty minutes of overview of the whole division,
Naruto finally began to talk.

"Alright,
I will get direct to the point. You guys don't like me and I don't
like you either but since we will be spending time together for quite
some time, I expect full cooperation when it matters. First thing
first, like I said earlier I proceed differently from the
late-captain Tsuba. I have my own personality and you guys will just
have to bear with it. Will I be hard? Maybe. Friendly and funny?
Perhaps, but that is all in due time. The one thing that will always
remain is the strict rules I will impose, that you will engrave in
your souls and that you will follow without hesitation," explained
Naruto, as he showed them a piece of paper he had just written.

The paper contained the
following sets of laws:
- All
members will refer themselves by their codename given by the
division leader during the time their in uniform.
- No member can
reveal their identity to anyone other then their group and their
division leader, not even their own families.
- All members are to
fight for the glory of their village and not for their own glory.
- All teams are
expected to work as a team and not as individuals.
- Egoism, cockiness
and intolerance will not be tolerated.
- All
members are treated equal, favoritism isn't allowed.
- Any
types of betrayals, be it within the team or village will not be
tolerated.
- All members must
work out during their off-times, no matter how big their lives
outside of the corp. happens to be.
- Failure to obey
these rules, could lead to suspension from the group and in most
cases: death.

"Now
that you have read these you are bound to live by them affected
immediately. As for your codenames. Sis from now on you will be 'Miss
Bunny'. Takeshi, you are 'Black Hawk'. Shuko you are
going to be 'Big Bear'. As for me, I am Shadow Fox,"
revealed Naruto.

"Also
according to your laws there is no favoritism here. Isn't calling
me 'sister' considered such an act? Not to mention that I already
forbade you from calling me that," asked an angry Aya.

"The
first reason for these codenames is precisely to not be called
'Uzumaki-sama'. You are much to older then me to call me that.
The main reason is to improve our security and to keep identities
from being accidentally revealed. As you may have heard it or not,
but one of the reasons we lost a few members was due to such
incidents. It also prevents us possible enemy infiltration and
smoothens our line of communication. As for your case sis. Normally,
it would be considered favoritism, but since I am using it to tease
you, it's not," replied Naruto with a smile.

"Most of these laws
are already in our honor codes, so why bother to repeat them. Isn't
that a waste of time? Also, what are you going to train us these two
weeks? Last I checked all of us were already qualified for our jobs,"
asked Takeshi, as he looked at the piece of paper once more.

"Well
they are, but some tend to forget. I am here to enforce them. Most of
these laws are also there to remind each that there are consequences
for each action. Mainly, if you betray the village or your comrades,
you will be wishing you were never born here. I will personally
guarantee that one. As for the training you will see it when the time
is right. I'll just say it is based on how to fight against new
threats. So although you may have been qualified for the title you
are certainly not ready for these new ones, or else we would have
such a high rate of losses. So expect me to be a major pain in the
ass for the next two weeks. Note I value effort more then the result,
so if you show me you have given your all, I won't complain,"
replied the teen.

"Your laws have one
flaw however. Most of these can be broken and you wouldn't know
about it. There is an element of brotherhood in the squad. We don't
tell on each other, so your attempt is futile," mocked Takeshi.

"Who
said anything about telling on each other or disrupting the
brotherhood? There is a difference between loyalty and idiocy. These
rules are here to prevent the latter one. As for spotting it, if such
rules are broken it will show up in the actions sooner or later. You
can say that if such rules were enforced in the first place then you
guys wouldn't have lost your captain and your fifth member. They
would have been still alive," commented Naruto.

"Are you saying we
made some mistake that cost us the mission? That our captain wasn't
good enough to prevent it? You don't know what happened so don't
you dare to show your filthy fingers at them. We were betrayed and
ambushed, the captain gave his life to save us!" shouted Aya who
flipped upon hearing Naruto's comment, while Shuko held her back.

"You're
on the defensive again. I never said you guys made any mistakes. I
said if these rules were in place then it would have been prevented.
Sure the villagers gave you up to protect them selves, but that is
expected. They are trying to save their people against Orochimaru's
aggression that is why they agreed to help us in the first place.
That is their first priority: the safety of their villagers,"
replied Naruto.

"They didn't have
to tell about us. If they feared suspicion they could have told us
before and we wouldn't have gone there. They purposely set us up,"
added Takeshi.

"They
didn't set you up. You guys were already on your way, when
Orochimaru got suspicious of the clan and abducted your informant's
two children as hostages. Then used their freedom to cough up about
you guys. There was simply no way to prevent it. The man was
intelligent and brave though, he knew someone like Orochimaru
wouldn't let thing go unpunished. So he took the whole blame on
himself to protect the rest of the clan from being slaughtered like
him. But that wasn't the reason why you guys failed, was it? It had
to do with your fifth member's cockiness. You guys should have
withdrawn after the initial ambush, during which he took out one of
the 'cursed warriors' with the team's aid. But then he felt he
could take on a second one too, but that one's specialty was
totally different from the last and got into trouble. Thus you guys
attempted to rescue him, but it was too late and he got killed. Then
you guys found yourselves surrounded when another of these monsters
joined in. So in order to save the rest of you, Captain Tsuba tried
to take on both of them, allowing you to escape. He was a jounin and
indeed a brave man, but even he can't seriously stop two of these
going kamikaze on him just to kill him at all cost. Especially, when
it involves self-imploding themselves after having cornered him,"
said Naruto quietly, as tears ran down Aya's eyes as she relieved
the mission.

"How
do you know all this. We were the last team to be in the Rice country
after that incident. So how did you know of the details about why we
got backstabbed?" asked Takeshi.

"Ancient
Wood of the Beta division told me about what happened and it was
pretty easy to figure out after reviewing your records. As for the
informants case, let's just say I have better sources then you guys
and no you weren't the last to infiltrate Rice from Konoha. You
guys should forget about the event that guilt won't help you
progress. Besides it wasn't your fault, like I said you weren't
ready to face such eventualities. These henchmen of Orochimaru fight
dirty, they are inhumane and suicidal. All they know is to kill, even
if it means blowing themselves up. It's a new kind of war now, a
war that has lost all its humanity," replied Naruto.

"You said that our
informant gave us up for his children. What happened to them? I hope
they are safe, they were quiet nice to us," asked Shuko.

"They were most
likely executed along their fathers. Orochimaru isn't the type to
be merciful and the village probably didn't intervene to avoid the
same fate," suggested Takeshi.

"That
would have been a much better fate. The daughter was raped beyond
recognition. She suffered such a traumatic experience that she took
her own life. The wife also suffered the same fate. The boy died
while being a live dissection experiment for Orochimaru. Before the
man was decapitated, they made him watch some of these horrors. Then
they took his head and the remains of his two children and wife and
put them in display on the village square as a constant reminder of
the punishment that awaited for them if they attempted to betray the
snake," responded Naruto, which made all three members nauseated.

"Monsters… they are
nothing but a bunch of monsters. What has our world become? These
were children for god sake," cried Shuko.

"There
is no age in war, my friend. Anyway, sorry to upset your stomachs. I
just told you this so you guys finally move on from this incident.
The game of guilt, hate and blame won't bring back your friends and
that family. Take their sacrifices as a motivation to improve
yourselves. We'll be better prepared next time. By this time in two
weeks you guys will know enough on how to avoid such situations. I
guess that is it for today. Training starts tomorrow at 7:00 AM, in
field 51. I'll sent messages to everyone with details, later on.
You may all leave now," ordered Naruto.

Each member took their
leave one by one. Aya was the last, but before she went Naruto
stopped her.

"By
the way sis, what was your relationship with Captain Tsuba?" he
asked.

"What
do you mean? And stop calling me your sister!" yelled Aya.

"I mean were you
lovers of some sort. You seem pretty fond of him," he elaborated.

"That
is none of your business. My personal life is mine alone to share and
you're certainly not someone I will ever share it with," replied
Aya.

"Sorry
to anger you again. Just needed to know, but its okay if don't want
to say anything. I guess he was a very precious person for you, so I
will tell you a thing I didn't tell the others. I apologize for not
being there. Two days after he died, I had infiltrated Rice country
on my own in a hunch to fulfill a promise I made to a certain
teammate. But the hunch turned out to be a dud. It's from there
that I learned the fate of the villager and about your mission. I
found their remains and buried them at the border of Fire and Rice,
in the Valley of the End. If you want I can give you the exact
location. Again sorry if I offended you in some way and sorry for not
being there," said Naruto, as he showed her the exit.

"Thanks…"
said Aya as she left quietly.

His
words had struck her profoundly. He was really a confusing character
to her. One second, he looked like he was intentionally ticking her
off while on the other he was being nice to her. It was as if he had
a dual personality or something. She really didn't know how to
respond to him. He was giving her a headache just with his
personality and she had yet to endure his physical pain he was
probably going to unleash on them tomorrow. She knows he is going to
be a major pain in it. She had seen him train two years ago and
those were some pretty harsh labors he was imposing on himself, back
then. God knows what he had in mind this time.

That
afternoon each member received a black envelope giving details about
the training. It still didn't say exactly what the exercises would
be, but it was expected to be pretty physical. They also received a
copy of the new enforced laws and along with it a codename for
themselves.

Naruto's
night was far from over though. He spent the whole night reviewing
the profiles to find ideas on how to improve the squad over all. In
the end he came to a few conclusions. One, the best division was
Beta, Alpha and Gamma was average, while Delta and Epsilon were
reserves units with no experience or any proper training. In other
words, only three of the five divisions were actually active. He also
attributed the loss of lives to lack of versatility in each fighters
as well as overall lack of physical improvements. Some of them hardly
trained or improved ever since they were active members. Most were
dependent to their bloodlines, family jutsus or their own set of
jutsus. Basically they were all pretty much one dimensional, also
known as 'one trick pony'. If you are immune to their style, they
were pretty much screwed. Sure being in ANBU most were also weapon
masters, but just kenjutsu won't help you against one of
Orochimaru's monstrosities. His solution was simple, he was going
to make them more versatile and for that he needed to become 'Major
Pain'. This is because most of them were stubborn about trying
anything outside their field and it wasn't really their fault. They
were taught from a young age that their family jutsus is what made
them best. A philosophy that he needed to break because this was
partially true. Sure your bloodline may bring out the best of you,
but you also needed to learn to cope without it and most cases they
didn't.

The
first training day was pretty much a revelation for the 49 members
present at the training. Only Neji was missing as he still had not
returned from his mission. Everyone was surprised to find area 51
transformed, but it was still incomplete. Some where nervous what
this new leader had in mind and Aya was amongst then, she was certain
by now he was going to have them follow one of those crazy exercises
he imposed on himself. Some more anxious, but none more then Lee who
was ecstatic. Unlike most of his older peers he loved training, the
harder the better and this was his first day as an active member.
Kyuubi had opted to stay away from these trainings, as he used the
free time to explore the forests surrounding Konoha. He did this
because he knew he would get bored watching the training session.

Naruto
started the day by answering all questions concerning the new laws
explaining the reason he imposed them. This part he did it while
being very friendly and gullible, so much that it gave them the
impression that he was going to be a soft leader. Of course that
changed by the time the first exercise was complete. He laid his foot
down hard and made them regret all their years of negligence from the
get go by ordering them to run around the edge of the area for 20 KM
and within an hour. Now most of them weren't ready for such tasks,
but he was very persuasive. Example when Shuko. The slowest member,
was about to give up, Naruto gave him extra encouragements by
sticking a juicy stake on his ass and had the dogs of two of the
Inuzuka members of the division chase after it. The poor Akemichi
learned from that day on to never say 'he couldn't do it'
anymore.

The
second training was actually physical labor work where Naruto used
the teams to complete the terrain. It may have sounded easy at first,
but after an hour of reforming the land and building wooden
obstacles, those sore muscles were starting to be pretty painful.
Especially after running like a mad dog the hour before.

The
third exercise was of course Naruto's famous chakra and sense
training while catching fishes. Now some found it a bit too excessive
and protested against it. This was mainly the case of 'Coyote
Ugly', an Inuzuka who didn't like wetting himself. He was
known as the loudest member of the division and was also the most
arrogant, coincidently he was also Inuzuka Kiba's older cousin. The
other member of the clan 'Daisy Wolf" was a much quieter
female, who happened to be Kiba's sister. She unlike her cousin was
obedient and tried to shut him up before he ran his mouth to much and
have the rest of the group suffer for it. Unfortunately, this time
she failed as Coyote Ugly claimed that he could teach the group some
real training instead of forced labor.

Naruto
took this opportunity to show his mischievous side. Seeing how
arrogant the Inuzuka was he made him an offer he could not resist. He
challenged him on a spar with a certain rules: he had only five
attempts and should he fail, he will be humiliated and have to live
with it for the rest of day. Coyote Ugly accepted, as he never backed
away from a challenge and being one of the best hunters of Konoha, he
simply couldn't conceive defeat. He figured his speed and advanced
sense of smell would gain him the victory, but he soon learned that
against his leader they were useless. Naruto simply avoided his
attacks by stepping aside and the match looked more like a matador
playing Toro against a bull then an actual shinobi fight. Just like
he promised after the fifth attempt Naruto gave him the ultimate
humiliation that an Inuzuka can imagine: getting an invisible wedgy.
Invisible because it appeared that Naruto didn't even move an inch
during the action, which meant either he was so fast that none of
them could see him or he just pulled a rabbit out of his hat. Either
way, it definitely killed Coyote Ugly's reputation as the best
tracker in the division, since how could he keep such a title if he
couldn't even sense how he got the wedgy. The reality was of course
that while everyone had their eyes on him, Naruto had simply used one
of his katsu eizou (split-image silhouette) to go behind the
Inuzuka and pull out his underwear from underneath him.

He
wasn't done yet though, he then challenged the rest of the
protestors to the same fate, claiming that it wouldn't be fair if
only the loudest one got punished and one of his laws stated that all
will be treated equally. So if Coyote Ugly, a protestor, got his
chance to take a shot at him and then get a wedgy after losing then
the five other protestors, which included two females would have to
go through the same process. Of course, it was at that point that Aya
reminded him of a potential flaw in his proclamation.

"Wait
a minute! Does this mean you will be giving wedgies to females too?
Isn't that considered harassment?" asked Aya.

Thus the dilemma, how
does plan to keep equality for all when genders have different views
on certain punishments. After a short reflection on the process, he
decided that Aya was in deed right so to correct the problem she
would be the one giving the wedgies to the female gender.

"What? Hell no! That
still doesn't make it right and I refuse to do it!" yelled Aya.

"Well
Miss Bunny you will have to do it. I know it sounds a bit harsh, but
I will tell you what if any of the men dare to comment on their
humiliation wrongly in any form, they will suffer a punishment even
greater then that. They will be forced to shave their hairs off of
their head. Besides, it's not like you all will fail to hit me
right?" replied Naruto.

"Hmm sir, wouldn't
that mean if the situation was reversed the woman would also have to
suffer the same punishment? I think we better not go into that type
of punishment. Instead how about redoing the exercises twice. That
way not only they get punished but it helps them physically,"
suggested Shuko.

"Big Bear, you're a
genius. Great plan, anyone else against it? If not let's start this
we got plenty of workouts left to do after this," announced
Naruto.

Everyone
pretty much agreed on it, even the females. After all they wanted to
be treated equal and for that such sacrifices were certainly needed.
The only one who didn't was Aya, who still didn't wish to be a
wedgy giver, but she also agreed under pressure. Of course when all
was said and done the remaining five protestors also failed to hit
Naruto and were forced to face the same faith as Coyote Ugly, who
himself found under the additional punishment after commenting how
one of the punished girl's pink panties suited her well. It
wouldn't be the last time he was in the penalty box during the
training sessions. After the punishment session each team returned to
their current exercise and painfully tried to catch a fish just like
their leader was showed them. Note this wasn't painful due to the
procedures but rather from the toll that the previous exercises were
taking on their stamina. Most of them were excellent in chakra
manipulation and were darn good at sensing but stamina was another
factor.

After the exercise
Naruto allowed everyone an hour of break during which they could eat
while he explained why they were doing such exercises and what was
ahead. The first one was of course for warming up and building
stamina, the second was simply the event of the day and the third was
again to improve their senses and stamina. Then he proceeded in the
most interesting part of the schedule that is acquisition of new
jutsus training, but before that he gave them his lecture on
diversification.

"I am sure many of
you have been wondering how did the six members who spared with me
failed to hit me. So I was wondering do any of you have a suggestion
on why they failed?" asked the leader.

"That
is easy, you being the leader had access to our files so you already
knew what we would be doing, while we didn't have a clue on you and
still don't apart the fact that you are darn fast," said Takeshi.

"Yes that is true,
but that isn't the reason. Even if I read your files I still
shouldn't be able to know exactly what you were going to do,
especially since I didn't plan ahead on who I would be sparing
against. It can't be luck either since one must assume that if I
got lucky 30 times then one of them should have gotten lucky at least
once. Still no clue? It's simple really all the members lacked
versatility," answered Naruto.

"Wait,
how did they lack versatility? Most of them used more then one jutsu
against you," questioned Shuko.

"Versatility
doesn't mean number of jutsus. Sure each of you have mastered
around 20 jutsus, but the problem is most of them are of the same
line, be it bloodline, family, elemental affinity or weapon related.
This doesn't really make you much versatile since almost all your
jutsus look alike or have the same set of weaknesses, thus they are
pretty easy to predict. All I had to remember is what your weaknesses
were and then it was easy to beat you. Basically, your current
weakness is your overdependence on your specialties. This has been
one of the main reasons for loss of life against these new enemies,"
explained Naruto.

"How so? I don't
want to brag or anything but I have yet to have any trouble facing
these cursed warriors. Sure they were overpowered but they aren't
that hard to kill," said Coyote Ugly.

"Well
in most cases what you say holds true. However, each of them are
different and some of them even gain new abilities after
transforming. Not to mention is that your advantages are also your
disadvantages if your facing someone who's abilities nullifies
yours. In which case your bloodline or family jutsus become obsolete.
Of course one can say that you may never face such an opponent with
luck, but that is always a possibility and for that reason you must
back a backup in case your hat tricks become obsolete. Thus what you
guys must do is acquire new jutsus that are outside of your box of
tricks, which will act as a back up in case of such eventualities,"
explained Naruto.

"So in other words,
you want us to learn jutsus people wouldn't expect us to learn? But
wouldn't that be much more difficult to learn?" asked Aya.

"Yes,
but the rewards is worth it. Versatility helps you two ways, first it
allows you to have a back up in case your trademarks become
ineffective and secondly it also allows you to become a much more
efficient fighter. This is because then one cannot judge you only by
your family, but has to now work harder because your actions are less
predictable. It also allows you to take your target out faster. In
most cases, you will be facing opponents who may make your specialty
partially ineffective against them. At these times if you're
one-dimensional, you have no choice but to use you jutsus over and
over till either you get a lucky hit or till you have slowly killed
them. This makes you lose chakra not to mention leaves you open for
injuries. I am sure you all have heard of the first encounter of
Konoha against this cursed warriors," said Naruto while pointing
towards them a picture of a transformed Sakon.

"Yes,
the failed Uchiha Rescue attempt. It was well documented too, but we
always thought it was because these warriors were too strong for the
four genin and lone chuunin that faced them. In fact, the analysis
stated that had there been no reinforcements from an additional genin
and three chuunins from Suna they would have surely died. This is not
to say that it wasn't already amazing that these kids made that
far," recalled Takeshi.

"Actually
that is a false assumption Black Hawk. From what I had read, the team
had every chance of succeeding. They were no ordinary genin, in fact
two of the genins were even considered high-chuunin in terms of
power. While the chuunin in charge is said to be very intelligent.
The reason they couldn't finish them off themselves was because
they were caught off guard by the transformations of these warrior
and the addition of another cursed warrior who was ranked jounin in
terms of power and had one of the deadliest bloodline yet to be seen.
Finally there is the Uchiha Sasuke controversy which itself assured
the failure of the mission as it turned out that he had deserted
Konoha on his own will thus sending this team on a mission with a
false objective. Even till this day that controversy is widely
argued. Some for the reason he betrayed the village while others the
reason why Konoha still doesn't have a death warrant under his
name," added Aya, knowing full well that Naruto was one of the main
subject of that controversy and that it was one of those memories he
didn't like talking about.

"Erm,
we are deriving off the subject here. The point I was trying to make
was that had these guys been more versatile then half of them
wouldn't have been critically wounded. So anyway, the goal here is
to have you guys learn additional jutsus of your choice which would
act as a backup to your trademarks. So that being said, today I want
you to think about that and if possible search the library for such a
jutsu. If you cannot find it yet, I'll help you out tomorrow, but
you should find it though. Anyway that is it for today, I'll let
you go early unless you wish to practice more on the fishing
exercise," said Naruto.

With
that ended their first day of training. The next day, the training
was much different then the first and was more intense. It started
with the 20 KM run, where Naruto had to use another stake to have
Shuko run like Forest Gump, then followed by two hours of obstacle
course field drills where the group had to do pretty much everything
from jumping, swimming and climbing. There also a few more cases of
wedgies, amongst which one was a female, much to Aya's chargin. Then it
was the fishing
exercise, then taijutsu sparing and finally the jutsu training.
Seeing that a lot of them still hadn't found a new jutsu to learn,
Naruto put them into accuracy training and called them one by one to
find a better solution.

Amongst
them were Lee and Aya. Lee's problem was already known by Naruto,
he couldn't learn any ninjutsu or genjutsu. His taijutsu had
improved greatly as now he was also a master of suiken ryuu
(drunken fist style) and wing chun. He was currently learning
hung gar from Gai and wondered if that would do. Naruto told
him it would do but also offered him a new style to learn. This was
the utsusu ryuu (shadow projection style), which was actually
a taijutsu style that made you think you were actually hit by the
shadow rather then the actual physical body. Lee had the perfect
attribute to make this style work that is speed. This was because the
shadow effect was created thanks to chakra and high speed movements,
where basically the user would strike at full force with the area
embedded with chakra but slightly retract his fist, elbow or leg in
the middle of the attack, thus giving the illusion.

Aya's
case was much different. Unlike the rest, she didn't have a
bloodline or family jutsu. She was versatile but average in all her
three fields. Her problem was that none of her jutsus were power
jutsus. She was known more for her genjutsu, since those were
uncommon like: kokohi (false place) and kori shinchuu
(sly mind affect), but none of them were for battles unless your goal
was confusion. She also had a self-created ninjutsu: komasozi ha
buyou (razor leaves dance), which again wasn't much of a
killer. Finally, like most ANBU she had weapon related jutsu, which
were not worth mentioning apart mikadzuki no mai (dance of the
crescent moon), which was her most deadly technique and an exclusive
jutsu that only a few shinobis of Konoha knew, all of whom were
either currently or formally ANBU Captains. It was a jutsu she
learned from Captain Tsuba.

"Well
your case is definitely different Miss Bunny. You are indeed
versatile but you don't have any killing jutsu. What is your chakra
affinity?" asked Naruto.

"I am wind," she
replied.

"Hmm, hey you're
like me! Wait no, I am multi-affinity, but I got the perfect jutsu
for you," said Naruto with a smile.

"How can you be
multi-affinity? I thought you could be one or two at max," asked
the inquisitive Aya.

"Well,
apparently I am a trio. I am wind-fire-shadow. Yeah, I guess you can
say I am wind-shadow and I got fire thanks to you know who. But
anyway the jutsu is called fuuton yaiba kousen (wind element
blade beam) and it is very versatile. Here I will give you a
demonstration," said Naruto, as he took out his ninja-to.

"A
trio? Does that even exist? Does this mean you're a Jinchuuriki and
has a bloodline at the same time? I guess you really are an enigma
aren't you Uzumaki Naruto? Who are you really? Your past is way too
shrouded in mystery. According to what I have read, nobody knows who
your real parents are, but then again they probably didn't want to
reveal themselves after you became a Jinchuuriki," thought Aya,
when she heard a slash.

"Hey pay attention.
Damn you missed the first demo. Oh well here we go again, watch
carefully," said Naruto, as he created another blade wave out of
the wind with a slash of his sword.

The blade then hit a
nearby boulder and sliced through it like butter, much to the shock
of Aya and the other spectators.

"Wow…
that is strong. Is this your strongest wind jutsu or something? You
really are being too helpful here" asked Aya.

"Why would it be my
strongest wind jutsu? It's only a B-rank. My strongest one is like
ten time worst and you can't do it anyway," said Naruto with a
laugh.

"If it is so good why
don't you show it to us. I am sure it would make us respect you
more and become obedient, Mr. Shadow Fox Showoff," said Aya
sarcastically.

"Ha,
ha, in your dreams. Besides, I don't want respect by fear. I am
just hard on you people because the job requires it. Hmm, there is a
chance I may show it to you one day, but you will have to become my
big sister for that demo," replied back Naruto.

"Dream on little boy,
dream on. The day that will happen the sky will start falling on the
earth," replied back Aya nonchalantly.

Naruto laughed on the
comment for a moment then proceeded to give her the details on how to
learn and use the jutsu. After an hour more of training day 2 was
completed and by then Naruto had officially gained the title of Major
Pain in the eyes of his fatigued subordinates who were simply glad
the day was over.

End of Chapter 7A/N: Sorry for the long delay once
more, but hey now you got 26 pages of materials to read. As you can
it seems I have once again stretched the storyline and hence the Wave
country mission has been deported to next chapter. You'll probably
yell at me now, but you will understand the importance of some of the
added storyline. Mainly the Naru-Saku-Ino conversation (watch how he
get's in trouble later on with self-created girlfriend of his) and
Naruto's interaction with Aya. Next chapter will be a two part. The
first part is the continuation of the training camp: the arrival of
Neji. Where Naruto gives Hinata the proverbial slamming the door in
the face and pulls another of his pranks 'the anti-byakugan
protection'. Then a small assassination attempt on Naruto that
backfires and Aya finally gets to see that jutsu of his along with
some strange revelations about him. Finally that god damn wave arc
mission! So leave some R&R people, you know those always make
an author write faster. Shingen

New
Characters

Akemichi
Shuko: ANBU member of Alpha division, part of Team 11, codename:
Big Bear. Age 26, is a kindhearted shinobi, who is polite and does
all that is asked of him.

Utsusu
Ryuu / Shadow Projection Style: Taijutsu style that uses speed
and chakra to create a shadow aura projection out of the body part
used for attack to fool the opponent into misjudging the hit, as well
believing that it was the shadow that hit them. Most of its attacks
are C ranked. Think MK Johnny Cage shadow kicks and uppercuts.

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